Eviction Rate (PI6303)

This metric is intended to capture the rate at which individuals are involuntarily removed from housing units. Organizations should footnote the reasons for their removal.

Organizations should calculate the number of tenants involuntarily removed from housing (‘evicted’) during the reporting period on the same basis as the total number of tenants reported under Client Individuals: Total (PI4060). If, for instance, the reporting organization manages housing units, the organization should calculate the number of tenants (and the number of evicted tenants) in housing units managed by the organization. If the reporting organization finances housing units, the organization should report the number of tenants (and evicted tenants) in housing units financed by the organization.

In specific contexts, and based on evidence, this metric may serve as a proxy indicator of whether the outcome being sought by an investor or organization is occurring (the WHAT dimension of impact). For more on the alignment of IRIS metrics to the five dimensions of impact, see IRIS+ and the Five Dimensions of Impact (https://iris.thegiin.org/document/iris-and-the-five-dimensions/). No single metric is sufficient to understand an impact; rather, metrics are selected as a set across all dimensions of impact. When possible, the selection of metrics to measure and describe the five dimensions should be based on best practice and evidence.